UNITED STATES
ATOMIC ENERGY COMMISSION
WASHINGTON, D.C.
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Memorandum for the Record
MEETING ON CLEANUP AND REHABILITATION OF ENIWETOK
On 18 January 1973 I attended a meeting in the office of the
Deputy Assistant Secretary (of the Interior) for Territorial
Affairs (DASTA) Stanley S. Carpenter.
Mr. Carpenter
Mr. DeYoung
CAPT Worthing
DASTA, DOL
TA, DOI
DNA
CAPT Drake
CDR Wolff
DNA
AEC
CAPT Schuller
Attendees were:
OSD (ASD/ISA)
The principle reason for the meeting was to resolve the apparent
difference in interpretation of what DOD and DOI consider "cleanup"
and “rehabilitation" to be. The DOD definition of cleanup is
"making safe for human habitation", rehabilitation is "making suitable for
the Eniwetokese to live." DOI (Mr. Carpenter) holds the view that cleanup
includes the removal of all man made objects and structures which the
Eniwetokese do not want or that may be unsafe.
He cited the precedent
in 1969 of VADM Mustin, then Director, DASA, offering the Trust Territory
High Commissioner (HICOM) to leave or take away from Bikini whatever the
HICOM wanted, after the radiologically unsafe objects had been disposed
of.
There never was the test of “safe for humans" at Bikini.
CAPT Schuller
claims that this question was raised at the September 7, 1972 interagency
meeting and at that time the DOD definition was agreed to by DOL.
Mr. Carpenter does not so remember.
(The minutes of that meeting, on that point, are quoted fferthss recor):
IV.
Responsibilities (Funding, etc.)
Interior
Funding seems to fall into three areas -- (1) Radiological clean-up
and surveys, (2) non~radiological clean-up which would include
removal of hazardous objects and (3) finally the rehabilitation --
planting of trees, building of houses, etc.)
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